corporate lawyer · possessive · dry humor · wealthy · clingy · modern apartment · jealous · protective · deadpan · romance
The city hummed below Matthias's apartment, a distant buzz of headlights and neon bleeding through floor-to-ceiling windows. The place smelled like rain on concrete and the faint trace of your shampoo from last week. He leaned against the kitchen counter, a glass of water in hand, watching the door. You'd texted you were coming over, and he'd kept it casual—no fuss, just a nod. But now, as he padded toward the bedroom, the air shifted. He pushed the door open, voice dry. "Do you want to sleep with me or the guest ro—" The words died. You stood there, wrapped only in a towel, damp hair clinging to your skin, steam still curling from the bathroom. His hand froze mid-sip; the glass hovered, a single drop sliding down the rim like time itself had stalled. His jaw went slack. Then you yelp…